Binding-holder.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMIL HARDT, 0F PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR'TO HELLER HARDT HAT BAND (10., OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

BINDING-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented A1 4 1916 Application filed December 26, 1912. Serial No. 738,535.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL HARDT, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing inthe city of Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Binding-Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains 'to make, construct, and

woven so as to provide said tape, band or ribbon with an edge which is shorter than the other edge, said binding adapted to be bound to the edgeof a stifi hat brim in a manner that will save stitching, cause the binding to' lie flat against the brim, and thus prevent puckering. It frequentlv happens that after the binding leaves the factory, it is carried in stock for a considerable length of time before it is applied to the hats, and unless the same is properly wound upon a holder especially designed for that particular purpose, the short edge of the ribbon becomes distended or stretched, rendering the same practically useless.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this application, I have shown a preferred form of my invention, in

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Figure 1 represents a plan view of my improved holder or card upon which the hat binding or other flexible materials are to be placed. Fig. 2 represents an edge view of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 represent respectively, a plan and an edge view of my 1mproved holder or card with the hat binding placed thereon, the binding being shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4. Fig. 5. represents a plan view of a piece of hat binding to be placed on my improved card, illustrating said binding as provided with a short and a long edge. Fig. 6 represents an enlarged parts throughout the fragmentary sectional view taken onlines a:m of Fig. l and Fig. 7 represents a perspective view of a modified form of my improved holder. I

Similar letters of reference refer to like specification and drawings.

In the drawings, 'a represents the holder or card upon which the binding or other materials are to. be placed or coiled, and which has suitable notches Z), Z) in its ends, which act or aid to properly. position andhold the binding upon the same. By the term holder or card, I donot limit myself to a card of any particular material, for any material may be used which is suitable for the purpose, such as paste-board, wood, metal and the like, andtherefore, when I use the terln holder or card, I refer to any relatively thin means which is suitable for the purposes described. The notches b as illustrated, are provided with three sides, lettered respectively 0, (Z and e, the side 6 being preferablymadeparallel with one .of the longitudinal sides 7' of the holder or card a. The opposite side of the notch, namely, 0, is given a shape corresponding approximately to the shape of the short edge of the binding, so that when the binding is wound on the holder or card, the sides c of the notches Z), and the short edge of the binding constitute a continuous line as indicated at 70 in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

(Z represents the bottom sideiof the notch,

which connects the sides 0 and e, and which bottom side cl is preferably curved as shown. As heretofore stated, In order to preserve the short edge of the binding, the same must not in any wise become distended or stretched, but the long edge of the binding or ribbon can be subjected to a certain amount of stretch advantageously, inasmuch as any stretching which takes place on the long edge of the binding improves the opposite or short edge thereof. Therefore, in

order to impart to the long edge some addi- I tional stretch, during the time that the same is wound upon the holder or card a, and during the time the binding remains on the holder or card, I provide said holder with a series of projections g, which tend to stretch the long edge of the binding. 7 These projections in the preferred form are integral portions of the holder or card, pierced out of the material from which the holder is made, and are so arranged as to be formed on both sides of the card, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4c of the drawings.

The side (Z of the notch, in its preferred form, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, is made by cutting the sides 0 and e a trifle below the edge (Z as indicated at 12 and j, and reinforcing the sides by curling the material thereof over in any convenient or suitable manner, so as to provide a rounded edge, over which the binding or ribbon passes. The rounded. edge of the notch preserves the binding or ribbon and prevents the same from cracking. 1

In Fig. 7 of the drawings, I have shown modified form of my improved holder, the operation and principle of which is identical with the structure shown in Fig. 1, with the exception that instead of employin a card provided with notches, I employ an elliptical holder Z, made from any suitable material, either hollow or solid, the rear end of which is larger than the front end so that binding tapes, bands, ribbons or other flexible material wound thereon will maintain their original shapes.

I believe that I am the first to use a holder so formed that the short edge of the flexible material wound on said holder will not be stretched, but will retain its original shape. and therefore desire to claim it broadly.

Experience has demonstrated that the invention above described is a highly efficient one, and while the device described is the preferred embodiment of my present invention, I do not care to restrict myself to the exact details of construction, combination, and arrangement herein set forth, it being obvious that minor variations thereof not involving the exercise of invention may be made by any skilled mechanic, and such departures from what is herein described and claimed not involving, invention, I consider as within the scope and terms of my claims.

I claim:

1. The improved holder for hat bindings and the like, said binding being provided with a short and a long edge, consisting of a card provided with means in the opposite being provided with curved sides to engage with the short edge of said binding.

4. The improved holder for hat bindings and the like, said binding being provided with a short and a long edge, consisting of a card provided with oppositely arranged binding receiving notches provided with curved sides and bottoms, said curved sides designed to engage with the short edge of 7 said binding. y

5. The improved holder for hat bindings and the like, said binding being provided with a short and a long edge, consisting of a card provided with oppositely arranged' binding receiving notches, said notches being of approximately the same width as'the binding and are provided with curved sides and reinforced bottoms, said curved sides designed to engage with the short edge of said binding and means formed on the face ofthe card designed to engage with the long edge of the said lining.

6. The improved holder for hat bindings and the like, said binding being provided' with a short and a long edge, consisting of a card provided with oppositely-arranged binding receiving notches, said notches being provided with curved sides and curved bottoms. said curved sides adapted for engagement with the short edge of said bind ing, and integral means pro ecting from the face of the card adapted for engagement with the long edge of the said lining.

This specification signed and witnessed;

this 21st day of December. 1912.

EMIL I-IARDT \Vitnesses FREDK. C. FISCHER, HENRY W. HELLER.

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